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The White Mosque ( Turkish : Beyaz Camii ) is a ruined mosque in Berat Castle. It received the status of cultural monument in 1961. But during the communist period, the mosque was badly damaged. Its minaret was destroyed. The prayer place and congregation place was used as a football field as it still is today.

The White Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Sarajevo. It was built by Haji-Hajdar Effendi, secretary of Gazi Husrev-beg (Ottoman governor of the region in the early 16th century), somewhere between 1536 and 1545, like the Bey Mosque. A kuttaband, a clock tower, was built next to the mosque, which was demolished during Austro-Hungarian rule.

The White Stork Synagogue opened in 1829 and is designed in a Neoclassical style by the architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans. The synagogue was in use until 1974 when it was taken by authorities and given to the University of Wroclaw. In 2010 reconstruction on the synagogue was completed and it is now a Jewish heritage museum.

The White Synagogue in Joniškis is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in brick between 1864 and 1865. The baroque and neo-classical synagogue has had to be renovated several times since the post-war period, most recently for its transformation into a cultural centre.

Wiblingen Abbey was founded in 1093 by Counts Hartmann and Otto de Kirchberg. Throughout the Middle Ages, the abbey became famous for its school activities and its strict adherence to the rule of St. Benedict, which made it a stronghold of the Benedictines in Germany. From 1714 onwards, the abbey was modernised. Most of the monuments were transformed into Baroque style, except for the church, which was restored in neoclassical style. The famous library to the north of the abbey was also designed by Wiedemann and completed in 1744. The facade of this building was modelled on that of the Vienna Imperial Library.

The Karlskirche is a Roman Catholic church built in the first half of the 18th century. Located on Karlsplatz near the city center, it is one of the most important baroque churches in the northern Alps and is a listed historical monument.

Wiener Neustadt Cathedral, which is actually a parish church, is a late Romanesque building. Built in the 13th century, its name comes from the fact that from 1468 to 1785, the church was the cathedral of the diocese of Wiener Neustadt.

Wienhausen Abbey was founded around 1230, but the oldest preserved building of the monastery is the All Saints' Chapel, built around 1290. The small, almost square building has only a single Gothic cross-wheel vault inside. The wall and vault paintings date from the time of its construction.

The Wieskirche is a pilgrimage church in the Bavarian "Pfaffenwinkel" ("priests' corner": due to the large number of churches and monasteries in the region). The pilgrims come to see a wooden figure of the "Scourged Savior" who supposedly cried real tears in 1738. Built in the middle of the eighteenth century in a Rococo style, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983.

The Willesden Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, founded in 1975, is the first Hindu Swaminarayan temple to open in London. First located in an abandoned Anglican church, a new temple was built from 1986 to 1988.